En 2009, Lance Armstrong volvió del retiro porque vio que el «paquete» de Carlos Sastre había vencido en París. De aquellas palabras, de la gloria en Alpe d'Huez o del ego de los Schleck habla largo y tendido el ganador del Tour de 2008. En @relevo. ➕ relevo.com/ciclismo/carlo…
Carlos Sastre slaps back at Lance Armstrong for calling him a 'package': "Everyone is where he deserves to be"
CyclingWednesday, 18 October 2023 at 16:24
Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tours de France between 1999 and 2005 before his first retirement. Three years later, in 2008, the Grande Boucle went to Carlos Sastre, who managed to win the Tour from the brothers Franck and Andy Schleck after a memorable attack on Alpe d'Huez. In a recent interview with Relevo colleagues, Sastre talks about what Lance Armstrong and his regrettable statements have meant in his life:
Armstrong returned to professional cycling in 2009 in his own words because a "package" like Sastre had won in Paris. The rest is history: the American could not win again, the USADA took heat for his return, began investigations and the Texan was stripped of all his titles. Thus, the modest Carlos Sastre ended his career with a Tour while the American has none.
"I'm glad that Armstrong has taken me into account, that such an important person cares about a poor shopkeeper who is here in a bike store, the truth is that it makes me feel happy, that there is someone who remembers. Each one of us is where we deserve to be, I don't care what he says, I don't care, when you have the security of how you have achieved things in your life, what the rest of the world tells you doesn't matter. It's a world full of obstacles that you have to overcome day by day. Armstrong has been nothing more than a bump in my life."
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